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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04677-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 7 August 1790
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- [Partial outline of proposed treaty with the Creek Indians]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Draft of part of a treaty. Document reads in full: "First - In order to effect a consolidation of the interests of the United States and the Creek nation, it is hereby stipulated that Alexander McGillivray the beloved Chief of the Said nation shall also be constituted the Agent of the United States in the said nation, with the rank of Brigadier General and the pay of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, on his taking the usual oaths required by law.
Second - And the said Alexander McGillivray hereby stipulated to use his highest exertions to endeavor to cultivate the firmest friendship between the United States and the said Creek nation.
Third - The United States agree to educate and clothe such of the Creek youths as shall be agreed upon, not exceeding four in a number at any one time."
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